We also could've flipped DeRozan, the 8th pick and the 2013 1st to OKC for Harden (basically a mirror of the Houston trade).

Lots of options when you stockpile assets and maintain flexibility. Colangelo has a pretty good track-record in the draft anyway, if he didnt consistently mortgage our future he could've built a nice team.

BC showed all the classic signs of a gambler. After a few misses, he tried to dig himself out with high-risk / high-reward moves. None of them really worked out. Besides that, he was too stubborn to give up on Bargnani after his rookie contract even though it was painfully obvious that he would never rebound, fight through contact to get to the line or understand defensive rotations. There was also excessive player turnover every year to the detriment of team chemistry.

I knew you were going to say that. LEtme ask then, if you think he's incompetent? Wnat's your opinion on him?

He's educated. He was raised up in the business and he knows the business.

The basketball system he prefers has been proven to not produce true contenders.

In Toronto he stuck to this flawed approach for his first contract and changed a little on the extension, probably due to pressures of job security. The shift in focus did not serve the team well because he did not make the right roster changes.

He's guilty of asking his coach to adapt to the roster instead of giving his coach the players which fit the coach's comfort zone. Colangelo controls who is the coach and so there is no excuse for this.

If this were all taking place in some sort of Shakespearean alter-universe we could probably call him a tragic hero.

The heat have won 3 times. They may have had more players they drafted in '06.

The Spurs are the spurs.

I actually asked how many who all starting five were drafted and remained their from the beginning to the year they won a championship..

sorry but thats a really fucking stupid question to ask. were you expecting the lack of teams being the answer as some sort of justification for not taking the draft as a serious source of talent or something?

And how many championship teams of the last ten years have won with their starting five drafted players?

San Antonio is one. Name others

That's a ridiculous extreme that you're asking for, it's such an anomaly for any championship team to have all their starters drafted since the late 80's on.

In the NBA as has been proven time and again your superstars are the most vital to your success, so start looking at teams that drafted their superstars. As well looking at only champions in the NBA is flawed because the NBA is all about dynasties, in fact the person you replied to even used the word "contenders" not "champions" because it's more appropriate.

If you only looked at champions in the 90's you'd have to come to the conclusion that everyone other than the Bulls and Rockets did it wrong.

That's a ridiculous extreme that you're asking for, it's such an anomaly for any championship team to have all their starters drafted since the late 80's on.

In the NBA as has been proven time and again your superstars are the most vital to your success, so start looking at teams that drafted their superstars. As well looking at only champions in the NBA is flawed because the NBA is all about dynasties, in fact the person you replied to even used the word "contenders" not "champions" because it's more appropriate.

If you only looked at champions in the 90's you'd have to come to the conclusion that everyone other than the Bulls and Rockets did it wrong.

But, that's the goal isn't it? To win a championship? That's why Colangelo was fired..that's why all the previous guts were fired. They did it wrong.

If Your Uncle Jack Helped You Off An Elephant, Would You Help Your Uncle Jack Off An Elephant?

Sometimes, I like to buy a book on CD and listen to it, while reading music.

Name one team that won with their starting five players being signed as free agents

Name one team that won with their starting fiver players being traded for

Just goes to show how unreliable everything is.

Exactly. It's finding the right balance. So, you can't just rely on one thing like the draft. You can't just blow up the whole thing for the chance you get the number one pick and that will fix everything..

If Your Uncle Jack Helped You Off An Elephant, Would You Help Your Uncle Jack Off An Elephant?

Sometimes, I like to buy a book on CD and listen to it, while reading music.